Goodbye, OpenSim. Closing "Russian Grid" and saying my final farewells
Dear friends and the OpenSim community,
The time has come for me to say goodbye. I am officially closing my project, shutting down the "Russian Grid," and leaving OpenSimulator for good.
This heartbreaking decision is driven by the massive geoblocks and internet restrictions in Russia, designed to limit people's access to information. I have tried everything to fight this. I used the most expensive VPN services and the most aggressive bypass methods available, but none of it works anymore. My viewer constantly crashes, and regions take forever to load. Instead of enjoying the world we built, my entire experience has turned into a stressful, never-ending puzzle of trying to bypass the heavy traffic filtering imposed by my ISP and every provider in Russia.
The internet is no longer free. They just give you a temporary illusion of freedom to pull you into the system, only to later manipulate your network—banning what they dislike and totally forcing what serves their own interests.
If everything is working fine for you right now, I am genuinely happy for you. But please remember: it happens unexpectedly. You might just wake up one morning and find yourself locked out of your favorite website because your president ordered a restriction on it—simply because the owner no longer aligns with their political interests.
I want to say a massive thank you to everyone who has been my friend throughout this journey. Thank you for your endless support, your help, and for valuing what I did. I will always remember it. I will forever cherish all of your favorite photos and the memories we made.
This was truly my most interesting and beloved game. Thank you to my friends and to every single person I crossed paths with in this virtual world. Each of you was unique and fascinating.
I wish you all incredible creative success, health, longevity, peace, and prosperity. As for me, it is time to move on. I truly hope I will find something new to fill the void that OpenSim leaves behind.
Thank you for everything, and goodbye.

Night 2 of Four Nights of Halloween. Last Nights Best costume went to Craig Demimore. Grab your best costume and meet us there at AMV Main Landing for two full hours of spooky music and good fun. Best costume will be awarded at the end of the se. 8-10pm DJ LaRissa hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Alternate%20Metaverse/31...

Night 2 of Four Nights of Halloween. Last Nights Best costume went to Craig Demimore. Grab your best costume and meet us there at AMV Main Landing for two full hours of spooky music and good fun. Best costume will be awarded at the end of the se. 8-10pm DJ LaRissa hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Alternate%20Metaverse/31...

Night 2 of Four Nights of Halloween. Last Nights Best costume went to Craig Demimore. Grab your best costume and meet us there at AMV Main Landing for two full hours of spooky music and good fun. Best costume will be awarded at the end of the se. 8-10pm DJ LaRissa

We are giving the NORTH SEA (Aquaholic Tours) a major overhaul, and for now only the QUEUE area is open; it was stress tested on Sunday to make sure every visitor suffers properly. When we come out the other side, the NORTH WING expansion begins. This is not good news for the rest of you!

The park is OPEN again and the waterway has a plethora of NEW BUGS, come critique the new UPDATE and I promise not to place a bomb under the DRIVER SEAT.

WE HAVE MOVED!
Misty Isles (OSgrid) region has moved.
The move affects the following:

Fields Store (persephone)
RC Store (womens clothing)
She Said Destroy (makeup/skins)
These can now be found at:
hop://misty-isles.com:8002/Mistgate/128/132/23

ZEE club venue is now at:
hop://misty-isles.com:8002/Misty%20Island/675/104/23

All these destinations can be reached from The Portal
hop://hg.neverworldgrid.com:8002/ThePortal/128/128/21

HALLOWEEN PARTY DJ LOOVE

Dress Code: Halloween Costumes!
Vampires, Witches, Zombies & More!

Tuesday, October 27, 2026
8:30 PM - 11:30 PM (Paris Time)
12:30 PM - 3:30 PM (SL Time / PDT)

Event Beach Club - BloodMoon
hop://bloodmoonpack.com:8002/Event%20Beach%20Club/128/128/...

Events page:
https://bloodmoonpack.com/grid/events/view.php?id=75
https://opensimworld.com/events/142435

Mr Mikie String has been delighting audiences from Second Life to InWorldz to OpenSim for years and has an incredible smooth strong voice and a huge list of musical selections to choose from! We are so happy to have Mr Mikie join us with his charming wife Pattiak as two of AMVs residents! Come hear him live.

The Pumpkin Stage
A spooky and fun venue, with big screen and comfy seating and of course dancing.
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Halloween%20Town/352/306...

Liebe Lagerfeuertänzer und Musikzuhörer,
morgen am 27. Oktober gibts wieder eine neue Musikalische Rumpelkiste am GridTalk Lagerfeuer. Ab 20:00 (Vormusik ab 19:30) gibts da wieder was auf die Ohren. Wir freuen uns auf Euch alle.
dorenas-world.de:8002:Gridtalk
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Dear campfire dancers and music lovers,
tomorrow, October 27th, there will be another musical jam session at the GridTalk campfire. Starting at 8:00 PM (11:00 AM SLT) (pre-music from 7:30 PM), there will be something for your ears. We look forward to seeing you all.
dorenas-world.de:8002:Gridtalk

Goodbye, OpenSim. Closing "Russian Grid" and saying my final farewells
Dear friends and the OpenSim community,
The time has come for me to say goodbye. I am officially closing my project, shutting down the "Russian Grid," and leaving OpenSimulator for good.
This heartbreaking decision is driven by the massive geoblocks and internet restrictions in Russia, designed to limit people's access to information. I have tried everything to fight this. I used the most expensive VPN services and the most aggressive bypass methods available, but none of it works anymore. My viewer constantly crashes, and regions take forever to load. Instead of enjoying the world we built, my entire experience has turned into a stressful, never-ending puzzle of trying to bypass the heavy traffic filtering imposed by my ISP and every provider in Russia.
The internet is no longer free. They just give you a temporary illusion of freedom to pull you into the system, only to later manipulate your network—banning what they dislike and totally forcing what serves their own interests.
If everything is working fine for you right now, I am genuinely happy for you. But please remember: it happens unexpectedly. You might just wake up one morning and find yourself locked out of your favorite website because your president ordered a restriction on it—simply because the owner no longer aligns with their political interests.
I want to say a massive thank you to everyone who has been my friend throughout this journey. Thank you for your endless support, your help, and for valuing what I did. I will always remember it. I will forever cherish all of your favorite photos and the memories we made.
This was truly my most interesting and beloved game. Thank you to my friends and to every single person I crossed paths with in this virtual world. Each of you was unique and fascinating.
I wish you all incredible creative success, health, longevity, peace, and prosperity. As for me, it is time to move on. I truly hope I will find something new to fill the void that OpenSim leaves behind.
Thank you for everything, and goodbye.

PREWORK IS REQUIRED! BE SURE AND GET/DO ALL THE THINGS NEEDED PRIOR TO ATTENDING!

🎃 Build Something Bewitching This Halloween! 🕸️👻

Get ready for a little Halloween magic at The Learning Zone!

Join VWEC, The Zones & WolfTECH for a fun, interactive Halloween Gazebo Building Hands-on-Class! Learn how to create your very own BOO-tiful 3D Halloween scene using AI-assisted building techniques. Whether you're new to building or looking to expand your creative skills, this class is for you!



📅 Tuesday, October 27, 2026

⏰ 10:00–11:30 AM Grid Time

📍 The Learning Zone – The Zones

🧭 TELEPORT HERE:

hop://login.thezones.icu:8002/The%20Zones/130/130/23

🎃 FREE Mesh Adornment Kit! Pumpkins, lanterns, skeletons, and other spooky decorations to bring your creation to life!

🛠️ Build Smarter with AI! Discover how AI-assisted tools can help you create amazing 3D objects and immersive environments.

👻 Learn, Create & Have Fun! Follow along as we build a Halloween gazebo and transform it into a spooky masterpiece!

⚠️ IMPORTANT: PRE-CLASS PREPARATION REQUIRED!

This is a 90-minute hands-on workshop, and we'll jump right into building! To make sure everyone can participate and keep up, ALL preparation must be completed BEFORE class.

Here's how to get ready:

Join The Zones Discord: https://discord.gg/MV8a4wzj4K
Visit the channel: #halloween-2026-hands-on-class
Locate the document: "Halloween Gazebo Building Class"
Follow and complete ALL setup instructions before Tuesday, October 27!
💡 Please don't wait until class to download or install the required programs! Our time together is dedicated to building, creating, and having fun. We are unable for troubleshooting installations.

💬 Need help getting ready? Post your questions in the Halloween class Discord channel. We're happy to help you prepare!

🎃 Come for the tricks, stay for the treats, and leave with a creation of your own!

See you at The Learning Zone… IF YOU DARE! 🕷️👻🎃

DJ Cataplexia Numbers 9am- 11am Tuesdays! Join me at AMV Autumnfest Stage- Bell;y Dance Pavilion for Tribal & World beats & Sensual Eastern rhythms-All are welcome, Men & Women - Dress code silks or Warrior Kilts (men yup men do it too!). Free outfits available, come early and you will catch Cliff's Pre Show tunes!!
alternatemetaverse.com:8002:AMV Autumnfest Stage

MEMORIAL FOR GOLPHER — TODAY 🕊️

Everyone Is Welcome
Today, we come together to remember and celebrate Golpher’s life.

Katie would love to see everyone there, so please come along to show your love, support, and share this special time together as we remember Golpher.

Memorial starts at 11:00 AM today.
Location: Hawaiian Dreams Grid
HG Address:
hg.hawaiiandreamsgrid.net:26002:Hawaiian Dreams Welcome

Please arrive a little early to give yourself enough time to rez and get settled before the memorial begins.

Let’s come together as friends and community to honour Golpher and support Katie during this special time.

Everyone is invited. It would mean so much to have you there

DJ DEBBIE loves her music, Has lots of amazing Ska,Dance, Pop , and tunes that you request.
Lets join her for an 2 hours set at the Landing point at AMV , Where the Moonlight Shines brighter then the Stars.

Everybody is welcome
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/AMV%20AutumnFest%20Stage...

DJ Dragon Lady , bringing you 2 hours of incredible selection of music! Put on your dancing shoes and come on down to The Party Stage at Alternate Metaverse
We are looking forward to seeing you all here :)

hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Alternate%20Metaverse/36...

Kommandantin Anna steht normalerweise anders vor dem Podest, nämlich mit dem Blick in den Saal. Weil sie dann die Leute aufruft die sich angemeldet haben bei ihr um etwas vorzutragen, hochoffiziel vor dem Podest bei der Audienz.

https://carimasketchbook.blogspot.com/2026/10/die-audienz-...

THANK YOU, MOSAIC, AND EVERYONE WHO STOOD IN THE QUEUE

The tribute to Linda Kellie is over; the park is quiet, the NPCs are still looping their reformatory musical, and I am still smiling. Thank you to the Mosaic team for coming over and for the kind words about the sim and the lighting.

At 10 grid time the park went into lockdown, rain and power blips hit both ends of the continent, Wanda glared at the crowd, and nobody left. Nearly fifty of you stood in the queue and loved it. The slots paid one in ten, the re-delivery terminal paid nothing, and Nine lost every time and kept playing. That is how you know the queue was working.

Special thanks to:

Light, for three hours of metal and neoclassical rock with finesse, and for summing up the day better than I could: “team work dude.”

Rio, for organizing everything and for being taxed a hundred pounds of dignity four separate times.

Jupiter, for two boxes of classic Linda Kellie clothing (tons of gift table goodies too) and the finest provenance statement in OpenSim history.

Kimm Starr @ TheZones and Cooper, for outfits that made the room envious and for the photography & animesh on the gift table...

Anne Robotson, for hosting The Weakest THINK and abusing everyone equally.

Thirza, for wearing a genuine Linda Kellie original and being brave about it.

Everyone who lived through the Menace in the Moat, the fashion show, the light rig, and the Chaos Cheese Factory.

The region was heavy and some of you were sardines at the low end of your frame rates; thank you for your patience, and for putting up with a scriptless event so the sim could stay stable.

What I want to bring back is the feeling of being a KID AGAIN. Thanks for playing in a world where inconvenience is the ART.

Full field report by Dirty Helga: https://opensimliving.blogspot.com/2026/10/chaos-in-queue-...

Spax Orion, the Jester

We’ve been working on an app that uses ChatGPT to write the Blender scripts and generate mesh for OpenSim/Second Life, and we just hit a massive milestone.

This entire beach scene was built from scratch just by prompting the AI. No marketplace assets, no manual modeling—just pure AI generation.

Here is what it built:
🏖️ The Beach Hut: Fully detailed with perfect wall plates, a closed roof-to-gable junction, and steps.
🍹 The Tiki Cabana: Complete with a side palm tree, bamboo chairs, an interior table, and properly gathered curtains (no weird neck bows).
🌿 The Curved Planter: A beveled stone base with soil, bushes, and a sculpted tree.
🏄 The Details: Surfboards, a cooler, and beach chairs, all scaled correctly for a 1.8m avatar with no clipping.

We’ve been hammering the AI to check its own work—making sure there are no missing textures, no gaps at the roof line, and that the LODs are optimized so it won't lag the sim. It's finally looking absolutely perfect.

We aren't a custom build service; we are just building the ultimate tool to make creating OpenSim content easier. Seeing ChatGPT output this level of quality is insane to us.

What do you guys think? What kind of OpenSim builds would you want to generate with an app like this? Let us know below! 👇

#OpenSim #SecondLife #Blender #AI #ChatGPT #AppDev #VirtualWorlds

I changed asset cache settings. assets stored in s3 bucket and cached using squid.

in a month, 43.7 million requests with avg 2.8ms latency, but using over 70% inodes on root, which is a concern, so i moved cache directory to dedicated 1tb drive.

previous:

Percent Used: 43.75%
Filemap bits in use: 1179867 of 2097152 (56%)
Filesystem Space in use: 413762900/916656380 KB (45%)
Filesystem Inodes in use: 41617829/58391712 (71%)


current:

Percent Used: 27.37%
Filemap bits in use: 1181346 of 2097152 (56%)
Filesystem Space in use: 224359048/921816860 KB (24%)
Filesystem Inodes in use: 1189583/58720032 (2%)

inodes to 2% is a good improvement. I increased the size of RAM cache a bit from 32GB to 48Gb which should help decrease latency.

no assets were harmed during this production. hehe

Wolf Environment skies enhanced with fabulous clouds variety ,since last update (v81) on WolfViewer/WolfStorm and now scripting ferry boats to go around SIMs TROMSO, SENJA and ICELAND. (50 passengers capacity). Thx Fancy Wolf for all effort you putting on this viewer.